Careers at ebm‑papst

At ebm‑papst, we are committed to engineering a better life. We drive innovation through sustainable and digital solutions, enabling our customers to reduce emissions and embrace resource-efficient manufacturing. This wouldn’t be possible without our exceptional team.

Our employees are the very cornerstone of our success and the driving force behind our global leadership in fans and motors. We recognize the importance of employee innovation, commitment, and motivation and therefore strive to create an environment that will empower and encourage our team.

Our claim:
good climate worldwide.
Even with each other.

What motivates us at ebm‑papst every day and connects us in the long term? A common goal: We make sustainable and intelligent solutions for a better climate – for people, their applications and our environment. To achieve this, we are constantly developing ourselves, our innovative working environment and the way we work together. Courageous, inspiring and cosmopolitan. At ebm‑papst, we call this Better Working. Better Teams. Better Future. Become a part of it!

Our commitment to employee satisfaction

Teamwork

We drive success through a clear organizational structure and a management concept that empowers all employees with a high degree of personal responsibility.

Education/training opportunities

We prioritize individual support, development, and improvement, allowing our employees to harness their personal and professional strengths and grow continuously.

Strong team spirit

Our employees work together as a well-coordinated team, benefiting from each other's expertise and being inspired by innovative ideas.

What makes ebm‑papst so strong
as a community

It is our aspiration to engineer a better life that gives us a clear compass for the future. It allows us to grow together, enjoy our cooperation and make a tangible contribution to a better life. In constant exchange with our 15,000 colleagues worldwide, we focus on what we have done best since the company was founded in 1963: innovative, sustainable ventilation technology. We want to lead them enthusiastically into a new era. With intelligent digital solutions that save energy and emissions, conserve resources and protect the climate. Learn more at Better Working, Better Teams and Better Future.

Career Spotlight

Materials Manager – Planning & Execution

Location: Farmington, CT

The Materials Manager – Planning & Execution is responsible for leading and integrating production planning, materials management, and operations to ensure stable, efficient production flow. This role oversees the alignment of demand, material availability, and execution readiness to support production schedules and customer commitments. The Materials Manager drives a proactive operating model focused on material availability, schedule adherence, and inventory performance, while eliminating reactive expediting and production disruption.This position plays a critical role in enabling consistent plant performance through strong leadership, cross-functional coordination, and disciplined execution of material and planning processes.

Sr. Materials Planner

Location: Farmington, CT

The Materials Planner is responsible for ensuring material availability to support production requirements while maintaining optimal inventory levels and supplier performance. This role reviews daily MRP requirements and planning action messages, plans material availability, and creates, processes, and maintains purchase orders to support production needs. The Materials Planner proactively identifies, communicates, and resolves material shortages before they impact production and monitors inventory levels to balance manufacturing requirements while minimizing excess inventory. Serving as a key liaison between suppliers and internal departments, including Purchasing, Production, Warehouse, Quality, Engineering, and Customer Service.

Global Product Manager Liquid Cooling Solutions

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for the end-to-end ownership of the global product strategy, portfolio roadmap, requirements definition, and commercial success of liquid cooling pump solutions, with a strong focus on the U.S. lead market, hyperscaler requirements, and close customer engagement. The role defines and drives the global product strategy, portfolio roadmap, and market positioning for the liquid cooling pump portfolio, including solutions such as the 7.5 kW, 22 kW, and 45 kW platforms. Responsibilities include owning the business performance of the assigned product portfolio, ensuring the successful realization of business cases, maintaining market competitiveness, and driving commercial success. 



Farmington, Connecticut Job Openings

Customer Relations Representative

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for communicating with customers regarding the companies’ products and services.

  • Enter, maintain, and review sales orders as received from OEM customers and authorized distributors. Verify price and delivery and maintain files for orders.
  • Communicate with customers on new and existing orders and any special requests. Answer inquiries on deliveries, lead times, pricing (at assigned level), and order status.
  • Back-up for team members who are out of the office or unavailable.
  • Review Open Order Report on a weekly basis. Monitor open order status to make sure customers are ordering within lead times and we are shipping as promised.
  • Process sample requests for customers.

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Global Product Manager Liquid Cooling Solutions

Location: Farmington, CT

Responsible for end-to-end ownership of the global product strategy, portfolio roadmap, requirements definition and commercial market success of liquid cooling pump solutions, with strong focus on the US lead market, hyperscaler requirements and customer proximity.

  • Define and drive global product strategy, portfolio roadmap and market positioning for the liquid cooling pump portfolio (e.g. 7.5 kW / 22 kW / 45 kW).
  • Own the business performance of the assigned product portfolio, including business case realization, market success and portfolio competitiveness.
  • Translate US customer needs and hyperscaler requirements into prioritized product requirements as input for development projects and industrialization decisions.
  • Define product requirements and priorities and align their implementation with R&D, Systemhouse Datacenter and regional teams.

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Manufacturing Supervisor

Location: Farmington, CT

The Manufacturing Supervisor – Sheet Metal is responsible for directing daily operations within the Sheet Metal Department to meet production, quality, cost, and safety targets. This role ensures the right headcount, tooling readiness, and machine uptime are in place to support reliable, efficient manufacturing operations while developing a high performing, engaged team.

  • Supervise, coach, develop, and evaluate department personnel to maintain a skilled and engaged workforce.
  • Communicate, enforce, and model all company safety policies and OSHA requirements.
  • Direct day-to-day execution of Sheet Metal operations to meet schedule commitments and delivery goals.
  • Adjust work procedures, staffing, and priorities to meet production schedules.
  • Plan and requisition raw materials, tooling, fixtures, and other resources necessary to support the production schedule.

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Materials Manager – Planning & Execution

Location: Farmington, CT

The Materials Manager – Planning & Execution is responsible for leading and integrating production planning, materials management, and warehouse operations to ensure stable, efficient production flow.

This role oversees the alignment of demand, material availability, and execution readiness to support production schedules and customer commitments. The Materials Manager drives a proactive operating model focused on material availability, schedule adherence, and inventory performance, while eliminating reactive expediting and production disruption.

This position plays a critical role in enabling consistent plant performance through strong leadership, cross-functional coordination, and disciplined execution of material and planning processes.

  • Lead master planning and production planning to align demand with plant capacity
  • Ensure material availability to support production without disruption
  • Maintain optimal inventory levels to support production and customer demand
  • Lead warehouse and material handling teams across shifts

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Production Planner

Location: Farmington, CT

The Production Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining executable production schedules that align customer demand, material availability, and manufacturing capacity.

This position partners closely with Materials, Manufacturing, Engineering, Sourcing, and Customer Service to identify constraints, communicate schedule risks, and support production readiness.

The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, SAP proficiency, and the ability to interpret data, identify issues, and support effective decision-making across the business.

Success in this role requires a proactive approach to schedule management, attention to detail, and the ability to anticipate and communicate risks before they impact production or customer delivery.

This role moves beyond transactional order scheduling by supporting schedule integrity, production readiness, and stable factory flow.

  • Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules aligned to customer demand and plant capacity.
  • Leverage SAP data and planning tools to analyze material availability, capacity constraints, and schedule risks to support effective production execution.
  • Collaborate with Planning, Materials, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Customer Service to support execution of production schedules.

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Quality Systems Manager

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for planning, coordinating and directing quality programs designed to ensure quality control and quality assurance of the production of products consistent with established standards.

  • Formulate and maintain quality objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
  • Manage, hire, lead, motivate and train the Quality Department in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Exhibit confidence in self and staff. Resolve interdepartmental issues, accept feedback and give recognition.
  • Interpret quality philosophy to key personnel in organization.
  • Provide computerized status reports describing progress and concerns related to inspection activities, nonconforming items, and or other items related to the quality of the process, material or product.
  • Develop and initiate standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.

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Sr. Materials Planner

Location: Farmington, CT

The Materials Planner is responsible for ensuring materials are available to support production while maintaining optimal inventory levels and supplier performance. This role reviews MRP requirements, plans material availability, issues purchase orders, monitors supplier deliveries, resolves material shortages, and partners with cross-functional teams to meet production schedules and customer delivery commitments. The Materials Planner serves as a key liaison between suppliers, Purchasing, Production, Warehouse, Quality, Engineering, and Customer Service.

  • Review daily MRP requirements and planning action messages to ensure material availability.
  • Create, process, and maintain purchase orders to support production requirements.
  • Identify, communicate, and resolve material shortages before they impact production.
  • Monitor inventory levels to balance production requirements while minimizing excess inventory.
  • Ensure purchased materials meet required quality standards and specifications.
  • Partner with Production, Purchasing, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality, and Customer Service to support production schedules and customer commitments.

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Strategic Inside Sales Representative

Department: Sales
Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for communicating with strategic customers regarding the companies’ products and services.

  • Enter, maintain, and review sales orders and forecast reports as received from OEM customers. Verify price and delivery and maintain files for orders.
  • Communicate with customers on new and existing orders and any special requests. Answer inquiries on deliveries, lead times, pricing (at assigned level), and order status.
  • Provides daily and project support to Strategic Account Managers. Back-up for team members who are out of the office or unavailable.
  • Builds and maintain business relationship with SAM and client by providing prompt and accurate service so as to promote customer loyalty.
  • Review Open Order Report as needed. Monitor open order status to make sure customers are ordering within lead times and we are shipping as promised.

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Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Location: Farmington, CT

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist accelerates growth by building a scalable, resilient, and cost-competitive supply base capable of supporting growth at an accelerated pace. This role leads market intelligence, supplier development, cost optimization, and risk management initiatives that enable rapid product ramp-up, geographic expansion, and technology adoption—while safeguarding continuity of supply and quality.

  • Growth-Aligned Sourcing Strategy: Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to corporate growth objectives, ensuring capacity, lead-time, and cost structures can scale to support significant increase in demand. Partner with Operations, Planning, and Product teams to forecast strategic materials for new product introductions (NPIs) and market expansions.
  • Supplier Development & Global Expansion: Identify, qualify, and onboard diversified global suppliers to increase capacity, reduce risk, and capture competitive advantages in cost, quality, and technology. Lead supplier innovation programs (design-for-cost, value engineering, and co-development) to accelerate speed-to-market.
  • Advanced Analytics & Digital Enablement: Use data-driven tools (e.g., spend analytics, price indexing, scenario modeling) to guide sourcing decisions, anticipate market shifts, and validate savings. Build supplier KPI dashboards (OTD, quality, lead-time, TCO, capacity, sustainability) linked to the five-year growth plan.

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Farmington, Connecticut Part Time Positions

Mfg. Engineering Technician - Weekend Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

As a CNC Programmer & ME Tech, you will bridge the gap between engineering and production. You will be responsible for setting up, programming and optimizing CNC blanking and forming operations to produce high-quality components and tooling. This position is responsible for developing and writing final product assembly instructions, entering basic process routings, and supporting the transition of new assigned products from engineering concepts to final production processes.

  • Develop and implement complex blanking and forming programs using Trumpf TruTops Boost, TruTops 600, Amada Blank and Dr. Abe software. Determine optimal cutting paths, speeds, and feed rates to maximize productivity.
  • Create nesting plans across multiple part families to maximize sheet utilization and minimize material waste.
  • Analyze time, motion, and machine data to identify bottlenecks and improve production flow. Assist in the development of PFMEA and Lean methodologies.
  • Select correct tooling for blanking/forming and provide hands-on support for machine set-ups. Troubleshoot machining issues directly on the shop floor.

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Manufacturing Supervisor 3rd Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for supervising second shift employees engaged in Sheet Metal and Value Added operations to support safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and continuous improvement objectives.

  • Manage, hire, lead, motivate and train the Sheet Metal and Value Added Departments in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Exhibit confidence in self and staff. Resolve interdepartmental issues, accept feedback and give recognition.
  • Interpret company policies to team members and enforce safety regulations.
  • Interpret specifications, blueprints and job orders. Assign duties to appropriate personnel.
  • Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.
  • Suggest changes in work conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department or workforce.

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Quality Technician - Weekend Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for receiving and testing returned material.

  • Verify that returned product has a Return Material Authorization number.
  • Verify the return statements are correct.
  • Interface with Quality and Engineering Departments concerning returned materials.
  • Determine if the product is a return to stock or product requiring further evaluation.
  • Examine and perform “end of the line” test to identify product malfunction.

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Weekend Part Time Production Supervisor

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for supervising workers engaged in the production operations.

  • Manage, hire, lead, motivate and qualify the workers in our production department in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Exhibit confidence in self and staff. Resolve interdepartmental issues, accept, and give feedback as well as recognition.
  • Maintain a clean and safe environment: Ensure the production floor is clean and safe for all staff.
  • Ensure production output according to the production schedule while ensuring safety, quality and productivity.
  • Work with the production manager and the planning department on defining the weekly production schedule.
  • Understand, apply, and train the principles of LEAN Manufacturing.
  • Ensure to continuously improve production related processes by maintaining an efficient and effective Shop Floor Management system.

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Weekend Team Lead - Sheet Metal

Location: Farmington, CT

This is a part-time position working Saturday-Sunday 7am-7:30pm. Benefits are not available for this role.

This position is responsible for leading and supporting weekend shift employees engaged in Sheet Metal operations. The Weekend Team Lead serves as the primary day-to-day resource for production employees, helping coordinate work activities, maintain safety and quality standards, and support the successful execution of the weekend production schedule. The Team Lead works closely with the Manufacturing Supervisor, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and Materials teams to address operational issues and support continuous improvement efforts. The role supports production execution and employee development but is not responsible for formal disciplinary actions, hiring, or performance management.

  • Lead and coordinate weekend Sheet Metal operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for production employees during weekend operations.
  • Assign work and assist in prioritizing daily production activities based on schedule requirements.
  • Support employee training, onboarding, and cross-training activities.
  • Communicate production priorities, safety expectations, and operational updates to team members.

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Weekend Warehouse & Material Handling Supervisor

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for directing and supervising all weekend warehouse and material handling operations, including shipping, receiving, inventory control, and internal material flow. The role ensures timely, accurate movement of materials to support production and customer delivery while maintaining compliance with company policies, quality standards, and applicable regulations.

  • Manage, hire, lead, train, and develop warehouse and material handling personnel in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws
  • Direct and control shipping, receiving, and material handling activities
  • Maintain cycle count processes and inventory accuracy
  • Follow up on open material requisitions and expedite critical parts
  • Ensure all material transactions are completed accurately and timely in ERP/MRP systems

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Farmington, Connecticut Student Programs

At this time, there are no internship opportunities available at our Farmington location.



Telford, Tennessee Job Openings

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Technician

Location: Telford, TN

The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Technician supports the organization’s efforts to maintain a safe, compliant, and environmentally responsible workplace. This role plays a key part in daily EHS operations, including regulatory compliance, safety inspections, environmental monitoring, training support, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Technician works closely with the EHS Manager and cross‑functional teams to strengthen the company’s safety culture and environmental stewardship.

  • EHS Program Support — Standardize and maintain EHS policies, procedures, and programs. Assist EHS manager as needed.
  • Regulatory Compliance — Ensure adherence to federal, state, and local regulations (OSHA, EPA, TDEC, etc.). Update and maintain compliance calendars.
  • Safety Inspections — Conduct routine workplace inspections, hazard assessments, and job‑specific safety evaluations.
  • Incident Management — Support incident investigations, root‑cause analysis, and corrective action tracking.

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Project Coordinator

Location: Telford, TN

As a Localization Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating the successful execution of localization projects, ensuring timely delivery, quality outcomes, and effective communication among cross-functional teams. Your responsibilities will encompass coordinating project activities, tracking progress, managing resources, compliance, and supporting stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

  • Collaborate with project managers to develop project plans, timelines, and schedules. Coordinate with internal teams, and stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives, deliverables, and milestones.
  • Schedule or facilitate project meetings.
  • Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
  • Serve as the primary technical communication link with various suppliers and tool shops.
  • Plan and implement plant wide projects per management and customer requirements.
  • Develop and maintain a schedule for assigned projects.

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Shipping and Receiving Clerk

Location: Telford, TN

This position manages the flow of paperwork of incoming and outgoing shipments. Verifies its accuracy and maintains efficient office operation.

  • Organize and distribute Daily Outbound Shipments.
  • Update daily shipping and receiving schedule.
  • Tracking all inbound and outbound shipments.
  • Monitor and respond to all customer issues via email. Trouble shoots all issues.
  • Routing of customer orders through various customer portals.
  • Assign drivers to the appropriate door.

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Telford, Tennessee Student Programs

At this time, there are no internship opportunities available at our Telford location.





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